Market Street,Hednesford
Looking south east along Market Street, viewed from the road bridge over the railway lines with Victoria Street junction on the left. Moore's clothing factory can be seen on the middle right behind the ...
Maypole Dairy shop, Eccleshall
The Maypole Dairy chain specialised in dairy produce such as butter and lard and also margarine. The chain, which had over 1,000 stores by 1926, began when George Watson set up his own business in 1887 ...
McCann photographers shop, High Street, Uttoxeter
Gerald McCann's photographic shop window at 27 High Street, Uttoxeter. In the window is a display of photographs from Uttoxeter & District Camera Club's 1st Annual Exhibition, 1954. Below are Zeiss, ...
McCann photographic print envelope, Uttoxeter
McCann photographic print envelope, supplied for a Miss Payne Hall who was a travel agent for many years in Uttoxeter.
Born in 1897, Gerald was the third generation of McCann's photography business ...
Meadow Dairy Co. Ltd., Eccleshall
The Meadow Dairy Company specialised in dairy products, but also sold groceries. It was formed in 1901 and had over 800 branches across the country by 1927, when it joined an arrangement with Lipton ...
Meadows' shop, Croxton, near Eccleshall
Edgar Meadows' grocers and bakers shop on the Main Road through Croxton. The right hand side of the building was extended to form the shop. The building had previously been the Swan with Two Necks inn ...
Mechanical Apparatus for Firefighting - an advertisement from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In Enoch Wood's day, factories and coal mines needed more than buckets of sand to put out serious blazes.
The trouble was that there was - as yet - no rapid-response fire service to call upon.
Unsurprisingly, ...
Meir heath, The Cross Roads. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the cross roads at Meir Heath, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The picture was taken from Hilderstone Road and the Windmill public house can be seen on the right.
Meir Heath. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene with a view of the windmill and Windmill Pub at Meir Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Melia's grocers, High Street, Uttoxeter
Four young men and three young women outside Melia's grocers shop on High Street, Uttoxeter. Melia's grocers were a national chain which were popular between the 1920s and 1960s.
Photographer: Alfred ...
Michelin Tyre Cartoon
Cartoon shows Mr Bibendum as a goalkeeper catching a ball. Mr Bibendum, commonly referred to in English as the Michelin Man, is the symbol of the Michelin tyre company. The cartoon caption reads 'That's ...
Militia approaching crossing, Blythe Bridge
The 5th Battallion of the North Staffordshire Territorials onn their way to Burton during general mobilisation in August 1914. They were one of the first Companies to go to France.
In the foreground ...
Milk collection, Kingstone
This photograph of a postcard was taken on Uttoxeter Road, Kingstone. The lorry is collecting milk from local farms and belongs to Wilts United Dairies. The dairy at Weston initially processed milk and ...
Milk Float, Stafford Pageant
This postcard view of a horse and dray advertises “Milk Nature’s Perfect Food, Builds Bone and Brain”. The float won second prize in Stafford Pageant (unknown year).
The annual Stafford Pageant included ...
Mobile News Stand, High Green, Cannock
A woman buying a newspaper from an Express and Star mobile news stand pictured at High Green, Cannock.
Moreton & Co. Bakers & Confectioners, Stafford
A paper bag from Moreton & Co.'s pastry cooks, bakers and confectioners shop at Market Square, Stafford. Also advertised are veal and ham, or pork pies, foreign and British wines, Callard & Bowser's ...
Morgan’s Refreshment Rooms, Horse Fair, Rugeley
A view of John Morgan’s Refreshments Rooms at 7 Horse Fair. In later years this was known as Parchfield's Milk Bar which would become the cafe of choice for the local Teddy Boys in the 1950s and 1960s. ...
Mr Alcock, Chapel Lane, Codsall
Mr H.R. Alcock, is pictured standing outside his family butcher's shop.
To the right of the photograph is an overhead advertising banner for Codsall Supply Company.